Re: Trading getting out of hand.

I'm leaning that way as well.  I just signed up for a couple of the forums and
have had some hit and miss success.  Have a Killebrew auto coming in that I
could never touch locally for under 50 bucks and it's costing me a Fred Lynn
Donruss Significant Signatures #'d to 100 with a BV 40.00

Got some vikings autos coming in, some wally autos coming in, some neat stuff
all in all, all for stuff I dont mind dealing.  I even had some REAL collectors
emailing me about absolute crap like a 98 Press Pass Brian Simmons auto.

Mike

>My experiences have always been like this.  Perhaps not as extreme,
>but the same principle none the less.  People don't just want to get a
>card they want for one they have but don't want.  They want to get
>over on the other person.  Instead of wanting a fair trade for both
>parties, they want one of the traders (them) to make out better then
>the other.  It is a competition thing.  
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>I have tried to use the card trader forums, but I had a bunch of
>people try to trade common 1:4 inserts for 1:72 inserts.  Another
>reason eBay is the sports card collector's best friend.  Sell cards
>you don't want for the true fair market price and then use the money
>to buy what you want.  
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>Rick  
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>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:14:07 -0600, "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
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>>Trading is really getting rediculous these days.Everyone thinks they have
>>GOLD and their cards are always better than yours.So therefore they think
>>they deserve the better end of the deal.As if you owe them something.Not
>>everyone does this but it sure seems it's moving in that
>>direction.Especially with all of these serial #'ed cards that are #'ed 25 or
>>less.they think they can get the world with those cards just because they
>>are too scarce to list in Beckett..I put up this post looking for a $15.00
>>autograph.( am a member of many trading groups.)
>>This guy answers and says he has the said card I was looking for.I asked him
>>to have a look at my trade page to see if there was anything he liked.He
>>answers back and says he's interested in a bunch of my $100.00 and $200.00
>>auto's.I have tons and tons of $15.00 to $25.00 auto's he could have choosen
>>from.But no he has to pick the best stuff I have for a nobody auto of his.I
>>don't think my cards are gold and think that my cards are the best.But that
>>is crazy.Other people have this crazy rule for trading,  One guy wanted a
>>$30.00 rookie of mine.I looked at his trade page and said I would trade him
>>my $30.00 card for one of his $20.00 auto's.
>>He writes back like he is offended that I would even dare ask him for such a
>>crazy deal and writes in extra bold type "AUTO"S FOR AUTO'S,GAME USED FOR
>>GAME USED AND ROOKIES FOR ROOKIES"
>>Now who the hell made up this rule and set it in stone.He's getting a $30.00
>>rookie on the Beckett hot list for a $20.00 auto.
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>>It's getting like this in almost all of the trade groups,You can't just make
>>a lower ended trade anymore.Or trades where the book values are
>>close.Everyone thinks they always have to get the better deal.
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